KUCHING: Sarawak Metro Sdn Bhd (Sarawak Metro) and EMG JV Sdn Bhd have signed a Certificate of Conformance (COC) to further strengthen the partnership for the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project.
Sarawak Metro chief executive officer Mazli Mustaffa signed for the company, while EMG JV was represented by director Chan Chee Kian.
According to Sarawak Metro, the signing also signifies the commitment of both parties in their drive to realise Sarawak’s aspiration to modernise public transportation in the city.
Moreover, it said that the signing of the COC is a follow-up to the awarding of the contract in July of the previous year and the signing of the Performance Bond on July 20 this year.
For the record, EMG JV – a joint venture between EPR (Kuching) Sdn Bhd, Mobilus Sdn Bhd, and Global Rail Sdn Bhd – is the main contractor for the System Package 1 of the KUTS project.
It stated that the contract involved the supply of the rolling stock, which are the hydrogen-powered ART vehicles, depot equipment and maintenance vehicles (DEMV), signalling and control system (S&CS), and the automatic platform gate (APG) that was awarded in July of the previous year.
“Currently, EMG JV is coordinating the engineering run and the Stage 2 of the Proof-of-Concept (POC) exercise for the prototype unit of ART, which began on September 4.
Furthermore, it said the POC exercise will be conducted on a 3km lane built between two roundabouts in Kota Samarahan, along the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway.
As Sarawak Metro is entrusted to implement, operate, and maintain the KUTS project, it stated that the zero-emission ART vehicle is the backbone of modernising the public transport system in the state.
